Crozet and Charlottesville, compared
Crozet costs a little more to buy and less to tax: the median Crozet home sold for $559,900 over the 12 months ending August 2026, against $507,886 in Charlottesville in September 2026, and Albemarle's $0.894 tax rate is under the city's $0.99. Charlottesville costs more per square foot, $332 against $256, so the same money buys a bigger house in Crozet.
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Is Crozet more expensive than Charlottesville?
Slightly, at the median: Crozet's median sale was $559,900 over the 12 months ending August 2026, about $52,014 above Charlottesville's September 2026 median of $507,886. Per square foot it runs the other way: $332 in Charlottesville against $256 in Crozet.
| Crozet | Charlottesville | |
|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | $559,900 | $507,886 |
| Price per sq ft | $256 | $332 |
| Median days on market | 14 | 24 |
| Sale price vs. list price | 100% | 98.4% |
| Homes sold | 237 in 12 months (about 20 a month) | 116 in September alone |
| Middle half of sales | $429K to $784K | not published |
Crozet: CAAR MLS sales via Town Realty analysis, 12 months ending August 2026. Charlottesville: Redfin Housing Market data, September 2026 (one month), checked 28 Oct 2026. The two windows differ, so read the gap as a range, not to the dollar.
Are property taxes lower in Crozet or Charlottesville?
Crozet's. Albemarle County charges $0.894 per $100 of assessed value for 2026 and the City of Charlottesville charges $0.99, so the same $559,900 house is taxed about $5,006 a year in Crozet against $5,543 in the city.
| Crozet | Charlottesville | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 real estate tax rate | $0.894 per $100 | $0.99 per $100 |
| Yearly bill on a $559,900 home | $5,006 | $5,543 |
| Yearly bill on each place's median | $5,006 | $5,028 |
Charlottesville is an independent city, not part of Albemarle County, so a Crozet address pays the county's tax and never the city's.
Rates: Cville Right Now, Albemarle Supervisors approve FY2027 budget with no tax rate increases, 22 Apr 2026; City of Charlottesville, tax levy for tax year 2026, 9 Apr 2026. Bills computed from those rates, before any relief programs.
Which schools serve Crozet and Charlottesville?
They're two different school divisions. Crozet is in Albemarle County Public Schools, where every address feeds Henley Middle and Western Albemarle High; a Charlottesville address is in Charlottesville City Schools.
In both places the division's own address lookup is the final word for a specific house. Our Crozet schools guide maps each neighborhood to its schools.
Albemarle County GIS school districts (pulled 26 Oct 2026); Virginia Department of Education School Quality Profiles.
How long is the commute in Crozet compared with Charlottesville?
Shorter in Charlottesville: 17.0 minutes on average for city workers against 22.2 for Albemarle County, per the Census Bureau's 2020-2024 survey. From Crozet, Charlottesville itself is about 20 minutes by a local's typical drive.
| Crozet | Charlottesville | |
|---|---|---|
| Average commute to work | 22.2 min (Albemarle County) | 17.0 min |
| Drive to Charlottesville | About 20 min | in town |
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 (QuickFacts). Drive times: a Crozet native's typical drive, October 2026.
Do you get more house for the money in Crozet or Charlottesville?
More in Crozet. At the median price per square foot, $559,900 buys about 2,187 square feet in Crozet and about 1,686 in Charlottesville.
Crozet is a community of about 9,200 people at the foot of the Blue Ridge, where 83 of the last 237 sales were new construction; Charlottesville is a city of about 44,400 with the University of Virginia at its center.
Square feet computed from median price per sq ft (sources above). Population: U.S. Census Bureau, QuickFacts (American Community Survey 2020-2024; July 2025 estimates); 2020 census, Crozet CDP.
Crozet and Charlottesville, answered
How far is Crozet from Charlottesville?
About 20 minutes by car, a local's typical drive as of October 2026. Weekday rush hour on Route 250 is when it takes longer.
Are property taxes lower in Crozet than in Charlottesville?
Yes. Albemarle's 2026 rate is $0.894 per $100 of assessed value and Charlottesville's is $0.99, so the same $559,900 house is taxed about $5,006 a year in Crozet and $5,543 in the city.
Is it worth moving from Charlottesville to Crozet?
If you want more space, usually yes: Crozet costs about $256 a square foot against $332 in the city, and the tax rate is lower. What you give up is a shorter commute and having downtown and the university a few minutes away.
Do people really move from Charlottesville to Crozet?
Charlottesville city is the single biggest source of people moving to Albemarle County: 2,923 people over 2015-2019, ahead of Fairfax County (755) and Loudoun County (473). That count covers all of Albemarle, not Crozet alone.
Moving from Charlottesville?
Ask what your Charlottesville budget buys in Crozet, street by street.
- CAAR MLS sold data via Town Realty analysis, 12 months ending August 2026 (237 Crozet sales)
- Redfin, Charlottesville, VA Housing Market, September 2026 (checked 28 Oct 2026)
- Cville Right Now, Albemarle Supervisors approve FY2027 budget with no tax rate increases, 22 Apr 2026
- City of Charlottesville, tax levy for tax year 2026, 9 Apr 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, QuickFacts (American Community Survey 2020-2024; July 2025 estimates); 2020 census, Crozet CDP
- Albemarle County GIS school districts, pulled 26 Oct 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau county-to-county migration flows, 2015-2019, via Stacker, retrieved 26 Oct 2026
- Drive times: a Crozet native's typical drive (October 2026)